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exfoliating

exfoliating is the present participle and gerund of exfoliate.

Meaning of exfoliate

Verb

exfoliate (third-person singular simple present exfoliates, present participle exfoliating, simple past and past participle exfoliated)

  1. To remove the leaves from a plant.
  2. To remove a layer of dead skin cells, as in cosmetic preparation.
  3. To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.

Adjective

exfoliating (comparative more exfoliating, superlative most exfoliating)

  1. Able to exfoliate.
    • Scrubs made from grains are very exfoliating and absorbent and are good for oily and dirty skin.1998, Dina Falconi, Earthly Bodies & Heavenly Hair: Natural and Healthy Personal Care for Every Body, Woodstock, New York: Ceres Press, →ISBN, page 10

Noun

exfoliating (uncountable)

  1. exfoliation

Forms of exfoliating

comparativemore exfoliating
superlativemost exfoliating

Questions about exfoliating

What does exfoliating mean?
Exfoliating means able to exfoliate.
What is exfoliating the present participle and gerund of?
Exfoliating is the present participle and gerund of exfoliate.
What part of speech is exfoliating?
Exfoliating can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near exfoliating in the dictionary

  1. exfoliants
  2. exfoliate
  3. exfoliated
  4. exfoliates
  5. exfoliatin
  6. exfoliating
  7. exfoliatins
  8. exfoliation
  9. exfoliations
  10. exfoliative
  11. exfoliative cytologies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exfoliating (page history and authors); exfoliate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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